Thanks I’m glad people find them helpful! That’s why I try to make them.. there is a lot of people I talk with on a daily basis that need battery wiring help so I try to explain things the simplest and easiest way I can so they can understand and not over complicate things.. thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it..
Thanks for the video. I'm a new boater and have a 24 volt trolling motor i need to install. I had no clue until i saw this video. You explain perfectly for regular guys like me. Thanks!!
Awesome glad you liked liked the video and it helped.. thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it! And congratulations on the boat! Your life will never be the same again!
*I bought this model for my 14 ft Jon boat. **enjoyable.fishing** recommend love it!!! It pushes my boat with ease ( 2 men 220 each). I would highly recommend this to anyone.*
Awesome thanks for subscribing glad you liked the video and found it helpful! Welcome and hope you like the channel! Let me know if you have any questions..
Yet another excellent instructional video which is very applicable to my situation. You made it so easy to understand without all the BS that goes with most You Tube presenters that love to hear their own voices ! I was subscribed from your first video and thumbs up for you mate. Thank you for sharing your expertise in the most succinct and clear way. Have a great day.
Nomad thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I’m so glad videos like these help people out.. and always love to get positive feedback..and I always try to make things as simple as possible for people to understand.. working in my shop I talk to a lot of first time boat owners and people just starting to get into fishing.. or guys looking to finally update their older boats.. thanks for all of your support! Very much appreciated! Hope you have a great holiday season! Tight lines!
Man that helped a whole lot. How to hook up in parallel then verify with fluke. Then how to hook up in series and see the voltage doubled. Appreciate the efforts. Thanks A lot ! 👍👏👊
The part about jumping from your TM batteries is invaluable information. I recently lost my alternator on big water (San Pablo Bay, fast outgoing tide, lots of shallow water) and engine would not start, I jumped it from one of my two TM batteries. ( Put jumper cables in your boat ) Started it right up. You can also swap your main battery with a TM battery if your voltage is so low that your motor has shut down due to low voltage ( which it can and will! - put tools in your boat) and that can get you back to the ramp avoiding a costly tow. (Always have a good anchor too)
Absolutely if you don’t have a battery selector switch.. that’s the next best thing.. keep some jumper cables or one of the nice jump boxes onboard.. thanks for watching the video and commenting! Appreciate it
@@ReelLifeFisherman What if I want to hook a battery selector switch to 2 trolling motor batteries? Do I run the positive trolling motor lead to the output post on the switch and the negative trolling motor lead to one of the batteries negative post and then add a jumper cable from negative post to negative post on the batteries? I've just heard bad stuff about running parallel on how if one battery starts to crap out it can take the other battery with it. Thanks
Another good video. I wish I would of bought a 24 volt trolling motor but my 12 volt iPilot works good on my 17'. Mainly I just put it on low to steer and push with the kicker. I have two 6 volt golf cart batteries wired in series and have got five seasons out of them and they don't seem to be slowing down. I rarely get them down below 50% and put them on the charger as soon as I get home. I think that helps.
Shasta Steve thank you! That is exactly how I use my trolling motor as well! Just to steer and the kicker does the pushing.. sounds like you have a great set up.. don’t fix it if it ain’t broken! 😉 thanks for watching and commenting.. i appreciate it.. tight lines!
Could you do a video showing how to connect the onboard charger to the trolling batteries? Both the 24v and 36v setups. Do you have to connect each battery independently or would it work paired like in this video?
I can see in your comments I need a much better battery charger. Interested to know if I used two batteries to run my 12v trolling motor. Would I just need to hook up one battery charger and will charge both batteries. How would that work thanks in advance
Crappie Ghost you can hook up only one bank and it would charge both batteries hooked in parallel.. or you can do a 2 bank and it would charge both batteries faster..
Great info. Could you explain how to wire an on/off switch to just one battery such as a cranking battery? I bought one last year but I have no idea what wires would go to this switch. I don't know if I need to buy a jumper type wire and also don't know what wires get connected to the switch? Black or red or both.? All the wires or just a couple? Again. Would appreciate your input.
Sorry I meant to respond to this question the other day but was very busy.. so it’s pretty simple with just a battery disconnect or on/off switch.. just take all the wires on the positive post and hook them to the output side on the switch.. then make a 4ga jumper from the input/battery side of the switch to the positive post.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. and thanks for watching
Never mind sir. It was the negative jumper wire from the battery switch. I disconnected the jumper off the deep cycle battery and use that post to cross over to 24 volts. I put in a second battery switch just a simple on /off and ran the comm to the trolling motor just so there is no current when jumping to 24 volts. I don't run my trolling motor much but I will see how fast I get drain off of this setup. Keep posting tight lines.
Lol 😂 just saw this second comment.. yeah sounds like you figured it out.. but ideally you should be running 2 deep cycles of the same size and rating for your trolling motor separate from the boat batteries..
I have a 24v trolling motor, and now I understand how to hook up the two batteries, but how about if I have a kill switch and foot pedal? Where and when do I introduce the kill switch wires? Thank you
If you have a quick connect plug receptacle at the bow for the trolling motor you can just unplug it.. but if you don’t or want the switch.. you would put it on the main power lead to the trolling motor .. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions about it..
This has always confused me. Six minutes of straight forward explaining and I had a "duh" moment. Wish I'd have watched your video a loooong time ago! Thanks, New subscriber.
Thanks for the video very informative and easy to figure out the way you explain it. Have you ever made a video with also putting in a circuit Breaker . And also putting a onboard charging system in placeand wiring that up. If you haven't made it, that would be a great video to watch. It would be helpful, thank you.
Liked the video! I just bought a 10ft boat w a 55lb minn cita trolley motor. The boat has an enclosure for the battery. I bought a group 31 deep cycle marine battery. The boat is orreries from that compartment to the back for a quick plug to the trolley. When I was out today for the first time, the breaker that’s on the positive wire of the battery kept popping if I kept the door of the compartment closed. It was overheating. If I opened the door it was fine. Do you have any suggestions? Do I need to install a fan of some sort or change out the breaker? Is the gauge of the wire too thin? Thanks for your time!!!
You should have a 50 amp breaker and depending on how long the wire is ran from the battery to the trolling motor.. it should have 10ga minimum.. also sometimes the breaker itself can just go bad.. let me know if you have any questions but you should be able to run it with the lid closed if everything is correct.. thanks for watching
Question- I am adding a 12v MK trolling motor, an 12v MK Deckhand 40 anchor winch, and a 12v fish finder to my pontoon. Currently it has one 12v battery for cranking/radio/nav lights/etc. When adding a second battery (12v deep cycle AGM) for the trolling motor, where should I hook up the anchor winch and fish finder to? The current battery or new battery. Thanks for your guidance, great videos!
We always only recommend only hooking up the trolling motor to the trolling motor battery.. if you hook the fish finder to the same battery as the trolling motor you will get electrical interference on the screen making crazy lines on it... you could possibly hook the anchor winch to it.. but it can go dead with no way to recharge it.. leaving the anchor deployed or possibly unable to deploy if the trolling motor drains it.. I would keep everything on the crank battery.. it recharges when you are running the main engine.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman Thanks so much for your clarification. As a follow up question, would I want to add a two-bank charger and battery selector switch?
Thanks for the detailed info. Just got a 12v 50lb thrust bow mount, I have a deep cycle 27 and a smaller AGM battery. Can I connect these parallel safely to extend battery life AND use for my fish finder, bilge, and secondary trolling motor? Thank you!
When you connect 2 batteries together you should always make sure they are the same exact battery.. size ,rating even brand and age preferably! Or the weaker one will eventually ruin the stronger one.. also I never recommend hooking anything to the trolling motor batteries.. especially the fish finder.. it will cause electrical inference when the motor is running.. let me know if you have any questions.. sorry I just saw this question.. thanks for watching
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel! Thanks for watching and commenting it’s appreciated! Let me know if you have any questions.. I do my best to help out ..
@@ReelLifeFisherman That was my thought, but wanted an expert opinion. Just purchased a new bass tracker and am getting into this, so your common sense videos are perfect for learning the basics. Thanks so much.
Great video you really helped me understand, but I do have a question. I have a 1996 Ranger 395 FS it a fish and ski model. And it is already been pre wired at the dealer I bought the boat from last spring. I noticed that it is wired for a 24 volt output but at the front of the boat where the trolling motor nis wired there are only 2 wires. in the back it looked like they were sending a axtra grey wire to the front but when I wired in the new trolling motor there was only 2 leads going to my trolling motor. I have used it a couple of times and it seems to be working all right. I guess I should check the voltage with a tester like you used to see what I have there. It just with a extra wire in the back I am not sure what is going on. Thanks for clearing some of it up for me.
Tracy Hubbard any idea the size of the wire? They used to run 2 sets of lead up the the bow.. one wired at 12v the other at 24v it could also have been for a battery charge indicator gauge if your boat had one.. let me know if you have any questions anytime.. thanks for watching
I use and recommend anchor marine 4ga wire .. but any marine grade 4 to 8ga wire will work.. do not use any wire made for stereo systems .. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
Question, I have a two bank charger one to the cranking battery and one to the trolling battery if I brought another battery in line for the trolling motor will that charger charge the two batteries parallel together and also the cranking battery or do I need another charger? Thanks for your help
So yes it would.. but none of the charger manufacturer’s want you to do it because it can over load that bank.. they want a bank for each battery.. so you should get a 3 bank or add another single.. thanks for watching and the question..
Is there any reason why you couldn’t hook up 2 12volt batteries parallel so that a outboard motor could be recharging both while cruising? I’ve been looking at the Blue Sea - ‘Mini add-a-battery’ switching device on Amazon wondering if it made sense or just use jumper cable alligator clamps to separate the trolling motor on a 25HP Mercury 4stroke witch comes with a pull start just in case the starting battery goes down?
So especially with smaller engines.. the stator trying to charge both batteries at the same time can over work them and burn them up.. due to them always being in a state of charge.. for your set up it might be better to just bring the jumper cables in case of emergency.. but as for as running in parallel.. you need them both the be the exact same battery.. not one deep cycle and one cranking.. or one group 24 and one group 27. Hopefully that makes sense and answers your question.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman that is great information and I was doing more research; this explanation not only confirms but is much clearer. The device from Amazon prevents this but now their explanation makes much more sense what and why. Thanks. I subscribed!
If your outboard puts out enough amperage,you can get a 3 bank minn kota alternator charger .. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching!
So the weaker battery will always bring down the stronger one .. so that is why I always recommend only using batteries of the same type size and rating and preferably even brand.. when hooking them up in parallel .. let me know if you have any questions and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the lesson, always appreciated! I got a question. How should I be storing my batteries. I got a 24v motor. I just leave the batteries on the boat and charge them up before I go out. After 15-16 months with the same pair I get about 3-4 hours vs 8 or so hours when they were new. Thanks- Chris P
ChrisPfish glad you like the video Chris! I always recommend getting a good on board battery charger.. one with enough banks for each battery on board.. and leave it plugged in all the time.. it will Maintain your batteries and you will get more life out of them.. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
@@ReelLifeFisherman Okay, so instead of putting them on the charger day before going out just put them on the charger when I get home from a trip and leave it charging continuous until next trip?
I have a Minn Kota digital charger.. pro mariner makes one .. Bass pro has one made by them.. noco genius .. are a few I would recommend.. if you don’t have one already
Great video. Thank you so much for answering my previous question regarding the 12 or 24 volt Trolling motor for my bass buggy. Im taking your advice and going with 24v. I have a noco genpro 10x3. 1 bank is going to my deep cycle engine battery and should i hook up my 2 remaining banks to my dual batteries 24v. 2 positive to one battery and 2 negative to the other battery?sice each bank is 12v.
HELP!!!! I have a 36v minn Kota fortrex 101 after hooking everything up my trolling motor. It still seem like my trolling motor is not pushing its full power. All batteries are sitting at 12.7-12.9A all gauges are 6 at 600v. I also hooked up a Minn kota 36v breaker and the trolling motor still pushes very weak. I set the speed on max 100 b/c it’s so slow it couldn’t troll my boat and it seem to be running at mid speed or below. I open up my housing on my trolling motor everywhere hung looks good armature looks good. Any ideas or tip I need to know how to get this fix??
Let’s first take a look at the batteries.. you’re sure they are hooked up correctly for 36v ? Also how old are they? Sometimes just because they have the correct voltage doesn’t mean they can handle a load.. do you have a way of using a load tester? Thanks for watching and let me know.. maybe we can figure out what’s going on.. sometimes that can be hard to do over the internet.. instead of looking at it in person..
I bought a small jon boat with a 24v trolling motor. It currently has two 12v lead batteries wired in series fir trolling motor and 12v accessories coming of a single battery. In your video you Said you dont recommend but didn't really get into why. Could you tell me why? Should I get a third battery for lights and fish finder?
I have a 24 volt system, but it only seems like I'm getting 12 volts on my trolling motor, my batteries are gel batteries, reaching out to you what could be the problem? I have to turn my trolling motor knob on full and in order to seem like I'm on 40 or 50 on my trolling motor
Question. Just recently I have been having issues with my battery for my trolling motor. every time I plug in my trolling motor to the outlet on the boat a lot of sparks start coming out of the batteries in the back.. Now when I disconnect the trolling motor from the outlet nothing happens no sparks and there is power running to the outlet. but when I plug in my trolling motor it starts to spark back up really bad can you help?
Crappie Ghost I usually run 4ga but 8 would be the smallest I would ever run for jumpers.. and 8 would be the smallest I would run for the main run to the motor as well..
Hey Jason Question would you get the Duracell or interstate marine battery? If so why i believe the coast is about the same. Where do you purchase you Duracell battery at?
Daniel Ramos I would get the Duracell they are an AGM battery ..and they have a 2 year replacement where interstate only has a one year.. and the only place I know for sure you can get Duracell is at batteries plus..
Reel Life Fisherman Jason found a store near for the battery however too many model to choose from. I will be using it for trolling motor and crab pot puller. What model would you recommend?
Question - I'm upgrading from a 12v powerdrive v2 trolling motor (2 12v batteries in parallel) to a 24v ulterra, I charge them with a 3 bank onboard charger (the cranking battery is the 3rd) When I change the 2 12v batteries from parallel to series, will I leave the two leads (1 bank each) from the on board charger on each battery?
So you absolutely leave each bank hooked to one battery and wire them in series.. each battery is still only 12v the only thing hooked up 24v is the trolling motor.. let me know if you have any questions..
@@ReelLifeFisherman Thanks for the very informative videos - I discovered your channel when I was searching for a video on installing the ulterra and noticed your installation video on the same basic boat that I have - Tracker Pro Guide V 17.5 WT - Thanks again
Question. When connecting the trolling motor (12 volt) to a paralleled set up, do you hook the trolling motor positive to one battery and the negative to the other? I’ve seen a few other videos where the demonstration/diagram showed this. Thanks
When hooking up batteries in series or parallel.. the batteries should be the same group size , type and rating and preferably even brand.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching!
I'm using a battery switch to use two batteries with my 12V trolling motor, but running each battery independently. What is the proper way to rig it to a switch so that the batteries are separated?
Great video! Thanks! I am buying 2 new 12v batteries for the 24v trolling motor and not sure which category I need (old no name trolling motor)...and if I can keep them hooked up 24v in the boat in the garage after use to trickle charge? I dont have a charger yet so was just going to find something on Amazon. Any suggestions for which category batteries to buy and charging in the garage as a 24v system ? (2-12v connected in series as you instructed)
As follow up... I see that I have 2 red and 2 black #6 wires coming from the bow to the back...so do I connect 1 red wire to battery 1 pos, then #2 red wire to battery 2 pos, and same for 2 black wires to the negs on each battery ?
So I would suggest either group 27 or 31 deep cycles marine batteries.. and a good 2 bank or 3 bank charger if you want to charge your cranking battery at the same time.. you just plug it in when you get home and leave them all connected.. I like the minn kota ones personally.. as for the trolling motor wires.. sounds like you might have the 12/24 plug set up with 4 prongs..? If so as long and the 2 wires you hook up.. one red ..one black ..are the same on the female side of the boat and the male side on the trolling motor it will Be fine.. so if the red positive wire is on battery one and the black negative wire is on battery 2 and on the back of the plug they are hooked to 1 and 2 or A and B however they are labeled do the same on the trolling motor plug side and you will have 24v and just abandon the other wires or remove them.. hopefully that makes sense.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Can I install a shut off switch to trolling motor for charging so I dont have to disconnect battery cables and if so does shut down switch go in line before 60 amp circuit breaker?
So is your trolling motor selectable from 12v or 24v ? Like an older motorguide? Or do you just have one of the older plugs that is wired for both 12 or 24v? Let me know.. thanks for watching the video glad you liked it
New to boating here and great explanation ... I only have one 12 v 75ah battery to which I connect my 55lb thrust TM. Is it safe to connect my fish finder directly to the same battery?
No you shouldn’t ever hook a fish finder to a trolling motor battery because when you use the trolling motor the screen will go crazy with lines and static due to the trolling motor electrical feedback.. you should hook it to the cranking battery.. let me know if you have any questions.. thanks for watching
No worries there as long as both the trolling motor and fish finder has appropriate rated fuse and circuit breaker.. the feedback will happen when the trolling motor is running.. and as the trolling motor drains the battery.. the fish finder will loose voltage.. it’s definitely not recommended.. but sometimes I guess if you don’t have a choice
Can I make an installation with 3 batteries but with a configuration por 12V for normal system, and 36v for an electric winch using the same battery bank? Do I need a different charger control for this hybrid setup?
Thank you for the video, Can I get two of Duracell SLI34MAGM one to power my Suzuki 150Hp engine and one for my accessories GPS, speakers, lighting.......?
I don't know if it the Duracell SLI34MAGM is it the right choice or do you recommend something, just I need two batteries for my boat one for the 150hp engine and one for the accessories.
Glad you liked the video! So you would want a marine cranking battery with 800 cca for your engine.. and then a deep cycle for your house battery and be able to switch back and forth with a battery switch.. I have another battery video discussing that set up.. but one of the Duracell deep cycle would work great for the house battery.. but you would be just fine with a group 27 .. thanks for watching let me know if you have any questions
Almost all trolling motors require either a 50 or 60 amp breaker.. just depends on the size of trolling motor.. and you would want that right at the battery on the positive side.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. and thanks for watching!
Can I hook up two 12 volts one in front of other for super charged 12volt and how would I hook up trolling motor? Or would I have longer usage just switching 12 volt with another one for longer electric trolling motor day
If you have the minn Kota onboard charger can you parallel two trolling batteries and use one bank to charge the “giant” trolling battery you just created?
Matt H they do not recommend doing that.. they want one bank per each battery.. even if hooked in parallel.. to get the longest life and most out of your batteries.. it will put a charge to both though.. but I just can’t recommend it.. thanks for watching the video! And for the question
How do u hook up the battery to the motor to the solar panel to the anp controller. Thats what i wanna know.. what kindve amp controller what power watts isk
Thanks - nice and clear - I did not read all of the 202 comments but am wondering how best to charge the 24V series system. Is this 1 24V charger or 2 -12V chargers?
Thanks glad you liked the video! So the way is to get an on board charger with one bank per battery .. wire it positive and negative to each battery individually.. it will do the rest.. thanks for watching.. let me know if you have any questions..
Great video. I have a 24v trolling motor what would u recommended on the g writing to use? Also I wanted too know if I want to run a fish Finder would I need a 3rd battery? If so how would that look Join boat build so I’m trying to get less weight possible! Tia
I would recommend 8ga. Anchor marine duplex wire.. and make sure you get a 50amp circuit breaker.. you will have to have another battery for the fish finder.. hooking it to one of the trolling motor batteries will basically make your fish finder useless when the trolling motor is running.. due to electrical interference.. hopefully that helps and thanks for watching the video
so what if you have lights and a trolling motor will that work as well? or should you use one battery for the trolling motor and one for the lights? could you do a demonstration showing how you would wire a trolling motor using a circuit breaker running to a marine switch panel Thanks
Super cool and clear explanation of this. But what about the alternator; recharging multiple battery systems like this (24/36)? Does it have to be upgraded or how does that all work? Thank you. 👍🏼🇨🇦
If I already have battery interconnect cables for top post hooked up in series for my 24v and I want to add a 50 amp breaker will I need anymore marine wiring or can I just use the top post interconnect cables?
You can just cut the wire and add 2 ring terminals and put it in.. unless you want to put the circuit breaker out of the wait or mount it.. then you need to add some longer wire..
Thank you for the video! Just to clarify, I have a MinnKota Precision 3 bank on board charger, can i leave it hooked up to all three batteries (24v trolling motor batteries plus cranking battery) to charge? Or Do I need to alter my charging procedure since the 2 deep cycles are wired to create 24vt system? Thank you
Thanks for watching.. absolutely you can leave them hooked up for that charger.. each bank is still 12v only thing hooked up 24 is the trolling motor.. let me know if you have any questions anytime..
When making 3 12v batteries 36v would I still hook up my three bank battery charger as if they weren’t all connected meaning hook positive to negative from battery charger to each individual battery
The battery charger gets hooked up one bank for each battery.. so on a 24v system with a 2 bank battery charger each battery would get hooked up 12v for the charger and then the trolling motor would get hooked up 24v let me know if you have any questions.. hopefully that makes sense and helps
There are 24 and 36 volt single batteries but they are only in lithium and very expensive and require a charger for lithium batteries. Thanks for watching and commenting
The foot pedal on my OMC trolling motor has a 12/24 toggle switch with two red and two black wires coming from battery compartment.. To set motor to 24 volt, do I connect batteries in parallel and switch toggle to 24 volt...or connect in series and set toggle to 24 volt?
I got another question I hope you can help me with. With a combiner switch 6011 from house to starting battery with about 20 feet between batteries is it wise to fuse at start of house battery to switch and one off of switch to fuse block? Using 8awg wire running just a few things what size breaker would you recommend for this setup? Just confused if I should use two and if there will be issues if I ever need to jump start with having the breaker be too small. Just want to do it right if my starter dies. Thanks brother.
So all the fuses should be off the output/common of the switch..either at the Distribution block or in line no need to have them at the battery.. just each power wire going to each device.. you can have a 20 amp breaker or fuse on the one going to your main boat power.. (the one that powers your dash) .. let me know if you have any questions about anything.. thanks for watching the channel..
@@ReelLifeFisherman this is how I was goin to do it. I'll stick to it this way and abandon the combiner. Not confident that I can wire that to house and not trip my house breaker..thanks for response bro!
OK you’ve kind of explained it except one other addition I want to be sure of. I have two batteries they both go to a Perko switch. Then I can have battery one to my 12 V system battery two to my 12 v system or both 12 V batteries to the 12 V system. Am I still safe making a connection from one negative post on one battery to the positive post on the other battery so I can hook up a 24 V trolling motor as you showed? Selecting the Perko switch and all three positions of 1 to 10 duel will not short out after I have run that lead from the positive battery terminal on one to the negative terminal on to?
No trolling motor batteries should remain separate from cranking or house batteries.. you can wire it where position 2 is hooked to only one of your trolling motor batteries.. but that is only for emergencies and not to be used as a house battery.. hopefully that makes sense.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman kinda makes sense.... so I need three batteries if I am to keep a cranking battery and I have a 24v motor mount electric outdrive plan. Is there a schematic anywhere available to show this, or should I just eliminate the perko all together
Chris Jones personally in my boat I have 4 batteries.. 2 trolling motor and one cranking and one deep cycle house battery.. if you don’t have room for that.. and want to have a backup battery in a emergency you can hook to one trolling motor battery on position 2 on the switch.. or just use jumper cables and hook them in parallel.. it works too.. don’t know but I’m sure somewhere they have a schematic...
Awesome! Thanks for subscribing! I really appreciate it! Let me know if if you ever have any questions.. I always try to get back to you as soon as I can .. and help the best I can over the internet..
Yes it’s best to make the jumper wires positive to positive and negative to negative.. then hook the trolling motor to one battery positive and the other battery negative.. so it will have the best chance to drain both batteries exactly the same.. thanks for watching and for the question..
@@ReelLifeFisherman If I set this up, how do I charge the two batteries? Is it as simple as putting the charger on one battery, charge that battery, then put the charger on the other battery and charge it? Or do I just put the charger on one battery and that will charge them both, or maybe I put the chargers pos on one battery and the charger neg on the other battery to charge it? thanks
is there a way to hook those batteries up to the alternator as well as the crank battery? If not, how long do they usually last for a 24v trolling motor?
You can look into a minn kota Alternator charger .. it will help put a charge to your trolling motor batteries while running your main motor.. if it puts out the correct amount of charge.. smaller motors won’t.. thanks for watching
Of all the instructional videos about wiring on boats on TH-cam.. yours are the easiest to understand for the novice.. greatly appreciated
Thanks I’m glad people find them helpful! That’s why I try to make them.. there is a lot of people I talk with on a daily basis that need battery wiring help so I try to explain things the simplest and easiest way I can so they can understand and not over complicate things.. thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it..
Thanks for the video. I'm a new boater and have a 24 volt trolling motor i need to install. I had no clue until i saw this video. You explain perfectly for regular guys like me. Thanks!!
Awesome glad you liked liked the video and it helped.. thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it! And congratulations on the boat! Your life will never be the same again!
*I bought this model for my 14 ft Jon boat. **enjoyable.fishing** recommend love it!!! It pushes my boat with ease ( 2 men 220 each). I would highly recommend this to anyone.*
The simplicity of these videos! Thank you hooking my 24 volt up tdy and subscribing
Awesome thanks for subscribing glad you liked the video and found it helpful! Welcome and hope you like the channel! Let me know if you have any questions..
Old video but exactly what I needed! Thank you! 👍
Life saver man! By far the best and simplest video i've seen in hooking batteries up in series/parallel.
Awesome! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yet another excellent instructional video which is very applicable to my situation. You made it so easy to understand without all the BS that goes with most You Tube presenters that love to hear their own voices ! I was subscribed from your first video and thumbs up for you mate. Thank you for sharing your expertise in the most succinct and clear way. Have a great day.
Nomad thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I’m so glad videos like these help people out.. and always love to get positive feedback..and I always try to make things as simple as possible for people to understand.. working in my shop I talk to a lot of first time boat owners and people just starting to get into fishing.. or guys looking to finally update their older boats.. thanks for all of your support! Very much appreciated! Hope you have a great holiday season! Tight lines!
The last part the 12v was exactly what I was looking for for great video and thanks
The simplest and easiest video I’ve seen on wiring a 36 volt trolling motor. Thanks bud I always second guess myself. Just became a new subscriber.
Awesome glad you liked the video and it helped! Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel! I appreciate it
Wow! Perfect explanation! The best I’ve seen. That helped me 100%. Thank you!!!
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
Great stuff! I came to the same thing about the trolling motor just by deduction. You K.I.S.S.d this subject perfectly, again
Awesome I appreciate the feedback and glad you liked the video! I appreciate you watching!
Man that helped a whole lot. How to hook up in parallel then verify with fluke. Then how to hook up in series and see the voltage doubled. Appreciate the efforts. Thanks A lot ! 👍👏👊
Awesome! Glad the video helped explain it.. thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it!
The part about jumping from your TM batteries is invaluable information. I recently lost my alternator on big water (San Pablo Bay, fast outgoing tide, lots of shallow water) and engine would not start, I jumped it from one of my two TM batteries. ( Put jumper cables in your boat ) Started it right up. You can also swap your main battery with a TM battery if your voltage is so low that your motor has shut down due to low voltage ( which it can and will! - put tools in your boat) and that can get you back to the ramp avoiding a costly tow. (Always have a good anchor too)
Absolutely if you don’t have a battery selector switch.. that’s the next best thing.. keep some jumper cables or one of the nice jump boxes onboard.. thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Appreciate it
@@ReelLifeFisherman What if I want to hook a battery selector switch to 2 trolling motor batteries? Do I run the positive trolling motor lead to the output post on the switch and the negative trolling motor lead to one of the batteries negative post and then add a jumper cable from negative post to negative post on the batteries? I've just heard bad stuff about running parallel on how if one battery starts to crap out it can take the other battery with it. Thanks
Thank you for giving me the confidence to do this myself. A+ video.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear it really helps people out! Thanks for watching
Another good video. I wish I would of bought a 24 volt trolling motor but my 12 volt iPilot works good on my 17'. Mainly I just put it on low to steer and push with the kicker. I have two 6 volt golf cart batteries wired in series and have got five seasons out of them and they don't seem to be slowing down. I rarely get them down below 50% and put them on the charger as soon as I get home. I think that helps.
Shasta Steve thank you! That is exactly how I use my trolling motor as well! Just to steer and the kicker does the pushing.. sounds like you have a great set up.. don’t fix it if it ain’t broken! 😉 thanks for watching and commenting.. i appreciate it.. tight lines!
Could you do a video showing how to connect the onboard charger to the trolling batteries? Both the 24v and 36v setups.
Do you have to connect each battery independently or would it work paired like in this video?
Awesome video having visual aids made it very easy to understand, thanks.
Thanks! Glad it helped and thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
Love your how to video!!! I always learn something new!!!
Daniel Ramos thanks man I appreciate it! Glad you like them and hopefully they help people out.. thanks again for watching!
Great illustration!
I can see in your comments I need a much better battery charger. Interested to know if I used two batteries to run my 12v trolling motor. Would I just need to hook up one battery charger and will charge both batteries. How would that work thanks in advance
Crappie Ghost you can hook up only one bank and it would charge both batteries hooked in parallel.. or you can do a 2 bank and it would charge both batteries faster..
Great info. Could you explain how to wire an on/off switch to just one battery such as a cranking battery? I bought one last year but I have no idea what wires would go to this switch. I don't know if I need to buy a jumper type wire and also don't know what wires get connected to the switch? Black or red or both.? All the wires or just a couple? Again. Would appreciate your input.
Sorry I meant to respond to this question the other day but was very busy.. so it’s pretty simple with just a battery disconnect or on/off switch.. just take all the wires on the positive post and hook them to the output side on the switch.. then make a 4ga jumper from the input/battery side of the switch to the positive post.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. and thanks for watching
Never mind sir. It was the negative jumper wire from the battery switch. I disconnected the jumper off the deep cycle battery and use that post to cross over to 24 volts. I put in a second battery switch just a simple on /off and ran the comm to the trolling motor just so there is no current when jumping to 24 volts. I don't run my trolling motor much but I will see how fast I get drain off of this setup.
Keep posting tight lines.
Lol 😂 just saw this second comment.. yeah sounds like you figured it out.. but ideally you should be running 2 deep cycles of the same size and rating for your trolling motor separate from the boat batteries..
I have a 24v trolling motor, and now I understand how to hook up the two batteries, but how about if I have a kill switch and foot pedal? Where and when do I introduce the kill switch wires? Thank you
If you have a quick connect plug receptacle at the bow for the trolling motor you can just unplug it.. but if you don’t or want the switch.. you would put it on the main power lead to the trolling motor .. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions about it..
Best battery video YET THANX
This has always confused me. Six minutes of straight forward explaining and I had a "duh" moment. Wish I'd have watched your video a loooong time ago! Thanks,
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Awesome glad the video helped! Thanks for subscribing! And welcome to the channel!
Thanks for the video very informative and easy to figure out the way you explain it. Have you ever made a video with also putting in a circuit Breaker . And also putting a onboard charging system in placeand wiring that up. If you haven't made it, that would be a great video to watch. It would be helpful, thank you.
Thank you for a better understanding. Other videos just made me lose it lol good stuff. Now I can’t wait to get boat out on the water
Liked the video! I just bought a 10ft boat w a 55lb minn cita trolley motor.
The boat has an enclosure for the battery. I bought a group 31 deep cycle marine battery. The boat is orreries from that compartment to the back for a quick plug to the trolley.
When I was out today for the first time, the breaker that’s on the positive wire of the battery kept popping if I kept the door of the compartment closed. It was overheating. If I opened the door it was fine. Do you have any suggestions? Do I need to install a fan of some sort or change out the breaker? Is the gauge of the wire too thin? Thanks for your time!!!
You should have a 50 amp breaker and depending on how long the wire is ran from the battery to the trolling motor.. it should have 10ga minimum.. also sometimes the breaker itself can just go bad.. let me know if you have any questions but you should be able to run it with the lid closed if everything is correct.. thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman thanks for the advice! I will definitely try your suggestions!!
Question- I am adding a 12v MK trolling motor, an 12v MK Deckhand 40 anchor winch, and a 12v fish finder to my pontoon. Currently it has one 12v battery for cranking/radio/nav lights/etc. When adding a second battery (12v deep cycle AGM) for the trolling motor, where should I hook up the anchor winch and fish finder to? The current battery or new battery. Thanks for your guidance, great videos!
We always only recommend only hooking up the trolling motor to the trolling motor battery.. if you hook the fish finder to the same battery as the trolling motor you will get electrical interference on the screen making crazy lines on it... you could possibly hook the anchor winch to it.. but it can go dead with no way to recharge it.. leaving the anchor deployed or possibly unable to deploy if the trolling motor drains it.. I would keep everything on the crank battery.. it recharges when you are running the main engine.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman Thanks so much for your clarification. As a follow up question, would I want to add a two-bank charger and battery selector switch?
Thanks for the detailed info. Just got a 12v 50lb thrust bow mount, I have a deep cycle 27 and a smaller AGM battery. Can I connect these parallel safely to extend battery life AND use for my fish finder, bilge, and secondary trolling motor? Thank you!
When you connect 2 batteries together you should always make sure they are the same exact battery.. size ,rating even brand and age preferably! Or the weaker one will eventually ruin the stronger one.. also I never recommend hooking anything to the trolling motor batteries.. especially the fish finder.. it will cause electrical inference when the motor is running.. let me know if you have any questions.. sorry I just saw this question.. thanks for watching
@@ReelLifeFisherman I appreciate your help! That makes sense, great info. Thanks again!
Boom , like that. That video was great to the point, no fuss . You rock man. Thanks
Ricardo Becerril thanks man appreciate it! Thanks for watching and commenting! Let me know if you have any questions anytime..
Dude, great video. I learned something today. Thank you very much for such a straight-to-the-point video. I'm subscribed. Thanks again
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel! Thanks for watching and commenting it’s appreciated! Let me know if you have any questions.. I do my best to help out ..
Very clear and easy to understand. Great explanation.
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting .. I appreciate it!
@@ReelLifeFisherman Quick question on the jumper wires, what is your preference on gauge for those?
I like to use 4ga for those
@@ReelLifeFisherman That was my thought, but wanted an expert opinion. Just purchased a new bass tracker and am getting into this, so your common sense videos are perfect for learning the basics. Thanks so much.
So can you still run your lights and pumps off the 24v system just hook up leads to one side of battery?
Great video you really helped me understand, but I do have a question. I have a 1996 Ranger 395 FS it a fish and ski model. And it is already been pre wired at the dealer I bought the boat from last spring. I noticed that it is wired for a 24 volt output but at the front of the boat where the trolling motor nis wired there are only 2 wires. in the back it looked like they were sending a axtra grey wire to the front but when I wired in the new trolling motor there was only 2 leads going to my trolling motor. I have used it a couple of times and it seems to be working all right. I guess I should check the voltage with a tester like you used to see what I have there. It just with a extra wire in the back I am not sure what is going on. Thanks for clearing some of it up for me.
Tracy Hubbard any idea the size of the wire? They used to run 2 sets of lead up the the bow.. one wired at 12v the other at 24v it could also have been for a battery charge indicator gauge if your boat had one.. let me know if you have any questions anytime.. thanks for watching
What kind of wire does the wire connecting the two batteries for the 24 volt system need to be?
I use and recommend anchor marine 4ga wire .. but any marine grade 4 to 8ga wire will work.. do not use any wire made for stereo systems .. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
Reel Life Fisherman thank you!
Great video, thanks. What gauge cable should I use to hook 2 12v in parallel?
I would recommend 4ga. Thanks glad you liked it hope it helped.. thanks for watching.
How should I connect my 12 volt smart charger to a 24 volt system, do I have to disconnect to series lead then charge each battery separately?
No.. it should be a 2 bank or 3 if you want the charger to charge the cranking battery also.. you hook it up one bank to each battery..
Question, I have a two bank charger one to the cranking battery and one to the trolling battery if I brought another battery in line for the trolling motor will that charger charge the two batteries parallel together and also the cranking battery or do I need another charger? Thanks for your help
So yes it would.. but none of the charger manufacturer’s want you to do it because it can over load that bank.. they want a bank for each battery.. so you should get a 3 bank or add another single.. thanks for watching and the question..
Is there any reason why you couldn’t hook up 2 12volt batteries parallel so that a outboard motor could be recharging both while cruising? I’ve been looking at the Blue Sea - ‘Mini add-a-battery’ switching device on Amazon wondering if it made sense or just use jumper cable alligator clamps to separate the trolling motor on a 25HP Mercury 4stroke witch comes with a pull start just in case the starting battery goes down?
So especially with smaller engines.. the stator trying to charge both batteries at the same time can over work them and burn them up.. due to them always being in a state of charge.. for your set up it might be better to just bring the jumper cables in case of emergency.. but as for as running in parallel.. you need them both the be the exact same battery.. not one deep cycle and one cranking.. or one group 24 and one group 27. Hopefully that makes sense and answers your question.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman that is great information and I was doing more research; this explanation not only confirms but is much clearer. The device from Amazon prevents this but now their explanation makes much more sense what and why. Thanks. I subscribed!
Awesome thanks for subscribing! Welcome to the channel! Glad it helped.. and let me know if you ever have any questions.. I do my best to help..
How do you setup up charging from an outboard when hooking batteries into a 36volt system? Thank you.
If your outboard puts out enough amperage,you can get a 3 bank minn kota alternator charger .. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Now if i hook 2 batteries together for a 12 v system and 1 battery goes bad will it kill or drain down the good one?
So the weaker battery will always bring down the stronger one .. so that is why I always recommend only using batteries of the same type size and rating and preferably even brand.. when hooking them up in parallel .. let me know if you have any questions and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the lesson, always appreciated! I got a question. How should I be storing my batteries. I got a 24v motor. I just leave the batteries on the boat and charge them up before I go out. After 15-16 months with the same pair I get about 3-4 hours vs 8 or so hours when they were new. Thanks- Chris P
ChrisPfish glad you like the video Chris! I always recommend getting a good on board battery charger.. one with enough banks for each battery on board.. and leave it plugged in all the time.. it will Maintain your batteries and you will get more life out of them.. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
@@ReelLifeFisherman Okay, so instead of putting them on the charger day before going out just put them on the charger when I get home from a trip and leave it charging continuous until next trip?
Only if it’s a smart charger.. meaning it has a float and maintenance charge cycles .. it won’t over charge or sit at full charge all the time..
I have a Minn Kota digital charger.. pro mariner makes one .. Bass pro has one made by them.. noco genius .. are a few I would recommend.. if you don’t have one already
Great video. Thank you so much for answering my previous question regarding the 12 or 24 volt Trolling motor for my bass buggy. Im taking your advice and going with 24v. I have a noco genpro 10x3. 1 bank is going to my deep cycle engine battery and should i hook up my 2 remaining banks to my dual batteries 24v. 2 positive to one battery and 2 negative to the other battery?sice each bank is 12v.
HELP!!!!
I have a 36v minn Kota fortrex 101 after hooking everything up my trolling motor. It still seem like my trolling motor is not pushing its full power. All batteries are sitting at 12.7-12.9A all gauges are 6 at 600v. I also hooked up a Minn kota 36v breaker and the trolling motor still pushes very weak. I set the speed on max 100 b/c it’s so slow it couldn’t troll my boat and it seem to be running at mid speed or below. I open up my housing on my trolling motor everywhere hung looks good armature looks good. Any ideas or tip I need to know how to get this fix??
Let’s first take a look at the batteries.. you’re sure they are hooked up correctly for 36v ? Also how old are they? Sometimes just because they have the correct voltage doesn’t mean they can handle a load.. do you have a way of using a load tester? Thanks for watching and let me know.. maybe we can figure out what’s going on.. sometimes that can be hard to do over the internet.. instead of looking at it in person..
what size jumper cable if I am running a 24v setup but the batteries are like 3-4 feet apart?
I prefer to run 4 or 6ga in a set up like that. Thanks for watching!
I bought a small jon boat with a 24v trolling motor. It currently has two 12v lead batteries wired in series fir trolling motor and 12v accessories coming of a single battery. In your video you Said you dont recommend but didn't really get into why. Could you tell me why? Should I get a third battery for lights and fish finder?
I have a 24 volt system, but it only seems like I'm getting 12 volts on my trolling motor, my batteries are gel batteries, reaching out to you what could be the problem? I have to turn my trolling motor knob on full and in order to seem like I'm on 40 or 50 on my trolling motor
This is great! Thanks for doing these.
Thanks! I appreciate it! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Question. Just recently I have been having issues with my battery for my trolling motor. every time I plug in my trolling motor to the outlet on the boat a lot of sparks start coming out of the batteries in the back.. Now when I disconnect the trolling motor from the outlet nothing happens no sparks and there is power running to the outlet. but when I plug in my trolling motor it starts to spark back up really bad can you help?
Changing over to a 24v trolling motor what size jumper leads you recommend. Thanks
Crappie Ghost I usually run 4ga but 8 would be the smallest I would ever run for jumpers.. and 8 would be the smallest I would run for the main run to the motor as well..
Hey Jason
Question would you get the Duracell or interstate marine battery? If so why i believe the coast is about the same. Where do you purchase you Duracell battery at?
Daniel Ramos I would get the Duracell they are an AGM battery ..and they have a 2 year replacement where interstate only has a one year.. and the only place I know for sure you can get Duracell is at batteries plus..
Where is battery plus located? Thanks for alway coming thru with info. I value your opinion and expertise
Daniel Ramos there is one in Roseville on the other side from the mall.. I believe.. like you are going to Lowe’s
Reel Life Fisherman
Jason found a store near for the battery however too many model to choose from. I will be using it for trolling motor and crab pot puller. What model would you recommend?
Group 31 deep cycle AGM
Question - I'm upgrading from a 12v powerdrive v2 trolling motor (2 12v batteries in parallel) to a 24v ulterra, I charge them with a 3 bank onboard charger (the cranking battery is the 3rd) When I change the 2 12v batteries from parallel to series, will I leave the two leads (1 bank each) from the on board charger on each battery?
So you absolutely leave each bank hooked to one battery and wire them in series.. each battery is still only 12v the only thing hooked up 24v is the trolling motor.. let me know if you have any questions..
@@ReelLifeFisherman Thanks for the very informative videos - I discovered your channel when I was searching for a video on installing the ulterra and noticed your installation video on the same basic boat that I have - Tracker Pro Guide V 17.5 WT - Thanks again
Question. When connecting the trolling motor (12 volt) to a paralleled set up, do you hook the trolling motor positive to one battery and the negative to the other? I’ve seen a few other videos where the demonstration/diagram showed this. Thanks
First off it was a great video
My question is can you use different types of batteries for your set up
When hooking up batteries in series or parallel.. the batteries should be the same group size , type and rating and preferably even brand.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching!
VERY INFORMATIVE! Great job!
Thanks I appreciate it! Glad you liked it and found it helpful.. thanks for watching and commenting..
Great informational video great job
Ken's Fishing Adventures thank you ken! Thanks for all the support!
Thank you very much for this video. I learned a lot and it kept me safe while installing mine. Thanks!
Awesome glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting
I'm using a battery switch to use two batteries with my 12V trolling motor, but running each battery independently. What is the proper way to rig it to a switch so that the batteries are separated?
Great video! Thanks! I am buying 2 new 12v batteries for the 24v trolling motor and not sure which category I need (old no name trolling motor)...and if I can keep them hooked up 24v in the boat in the garage after use to trickle charge? I dont have a charger yet so was just going to find something on Amazon. Any suggestions for which category batteries to buy and charging in the garage as a 24v system ? (2-12v connected in series as you instructed)
As follow up... I see that I have 2 red and 2 black #6 wires coming from the bow to the back...so do I connect 1 red wire to battery 1 pos, then #2 red wire to battery 2 pos, and same for 2 black wires to the negs on each battery ?
So I would suggest either group 27 or 31 deep cycles marine batteries.. and a good 2 bank or 3 bank charger if you want to charge your cranking battery at the same time.. you just plug it in when you get home and leave them all connected.. I like the minn kota ones personally.. as for the trolling motor wires.. sounds like you might have the 12/24 plug set up with 4 prongs..? If so as long and the 2 wires you hook up.. one red ..one black ..are the same on the female side of the boat and the male side on the trolling motor it will
Be fine.. so if the red positive wire is on battery one and the black negative wire is on battery 2 and on the back of the plug they are hooked to 1 and 2 or A and B however they are labeled do the same on the trolling motor plug side and you will have 24v and just abandon the other wires or remove them.. hopefully that makes sense.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Is it possible to charge those batteries form the alternator on your engine? or do you have to have separate charging system?
Can I install a shut off switch to trolling motor for charging so I dont have to disconnect battery cables and if so does shut down switch go in line before 60 amp circuit breaker?
Great video! How would you hook up a 3 wire trolling motor to the 24 volt system?
So is your trolling motor selectable from 12v or 24v ? Like an older motorguide? Or do you just have one of the older plugs that is wired for both 12 or 24v? Let me know.. thanks for watching the video glad you liked it
Such a straightforward demonstration. Thank you
Thanks I appreciate it! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Thank you brother ! This is exactly what i'm dealing with right now on my Yamaha DLX G3 boat.
New to boating here and great explanation ... I only have one 12 v 75ah battery to which I connect my 55lb thrust TM. Is it safe to connect my fish finder directly to the same battery?
No you shouldn’t ever hook a fish finder to a trolling motor battery because when you use the trolling motor the screen will go crazy with lines and static due to the trolling motor electrical feedback.. you should hook it to the cranking battery.. let me know if you have any questions.. thanks for watching
Thanks, there didn’t seem to be huge feedback, but are there any safety implications to the fish finder and shorting it out?
No worries there as long as both the trolling motor and fish finder has appropriate rated fuse and circuit breaker.. the feedback will happen when the trolling motor is running.. and as the trolling motor drains the battery.. the fish finder will loose voltage.. it’s definitely not recommended.. but sometimes I guess if you don’t have a choice
Can I make an installation with 3 batteries but with a configuration por 12V for normal system, and 36v for an electric winch using the same battery bank? Do I need a different charger control for this hybrid setup?
Can I connevt my 12Volt trolling motor and outboard with electric start to the same battery at the same time. Thanks
Thank you for the video, Can I get two of Duracell SLI34MAGM one to power my Suzuki 150Hp engine and one for my accessories GPS, speakers, lighting.......?
I don't know if it the Duracell SLI34MAGM is it the right choice or do you recommend something, just I need two batteries for my boat one for the 150hp engine and one for the accessories.
Glad you liked the video! So you would want a marine cranking battery with 800 cca for your engine.. and then a deep cycle for your house battery and be able to switch back and forth with a battery switch.. I have another battery video discussing that set up.. but one of the Duracell deep cycle would work great for the house battery.. but you would be just fine with a group 27 .. thanks for watching let me know if you have any questions
Could you go over fuses/breakers for 12-24-36 volt systems?
Thx
Almost all trolling motors require either a 50 or 60 amp breaker.. just depends on the size of trolling motor.. and you would want that right at the battery on the positive side.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. and thanks for watching!
Can I hook up two 12 volts one in front of other for super charged 12volt and how would I hook up trolling motor? Or would I have longer usage just switching 12 volt with another one for longer electric trolling motor day
If you have the minn Kota onboard charger can you parallel two trolling batteries and use one bank to charge the “giant” trolling battery you just created?
Matt H they do not recommend doing that.. they want one bank per each battery.. even if hooked in parallel.. to get the longest life and most out of your batteries.. it will put a charge to both though.. but I just can’t recommend it.. thanks for watching the video! And for the question
Reel Life Fisherman great informative video! Keep em goin man!
How do u hook up the battery to the motor to the solar panel to the anp controller. Thats what i wanna know.. what kindve amp controller what power watts isk
Thanks - nice and clear - I did not read all of the 202 comments but am wondering how best to charge the 24V series system. Is this 1 24V charger or 2 -12V chargers?
Thanks glad you liked the video! So the way is to get an on board charger with one bank per battery .. wire it positive and negative to each battery individually.. it will do the rest.. thanks for watching.. let me know if you have any questions..
Thanks so much for all the useful information! 💪🎣
Thanks for watching , I’m glad it was helpful!
Do you need a 24 v charger (diff from a 12v) for a 24v trolling motor sys? Dc to dc charger?
Great video. I have a 24v trolling motor what would u recommended on the g writing to use? Also I wanted too know if I want to run a fish Finder would I need a 3rd battery? If so how would that look
Join boat build so I’m trying to get less weight possible! Tia
I would recommend 8ga. Anchor marine duplex wire.. and make sure you get a 50amp circuit breaker.. you will have to have another battery for the fish finder.. hooking it to one of the trolling motor batteries will basically make your fish finder useless when the trolling motor is running.. due to electrical interference.. hopefully that helps and thanks for watching the video
Great video- you explained it so it made it easy to understand
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
so what if you have lights and a trolling motor will that work as well? or should you use one battery for the trolling motor and one for the lights? could you do a demonstration showing how you would wire a trolling motor using a circuit breaker running to a marine switch panel Thanks
Great video! Keeping it simple
Super cool and clear explanation of this. But what about the alternator; recharging multiple battery systems like this (24/36)? Does it have to be upgraded or how does that all work? Thank you. 👍🏼🇨🇦
If I already have battery interconnect cables for top post hooked up in series for my 24v and I want to add a 50 amp breaker will I need anymore marine wiring or can I just use the top post interconnect cables?
You can just cut the wire and add 2 ring terminals and put it in.. unless you want to put the circuit breaker out of the wait or mount it.. then you need to add some longer wire..
Well I just want to mount the break off to the side on the wall in my battery compartment
Also if I decide to get extra wire do I still keep them interconnect cables in series as well?
Hey buddy so I have a 12v trolling motor..and I’m having it hooked up to a 27 DC battery,is this okay ?
It’s probably a group 27 battery. That’s the size of the battery . Not the voltage. Thanks for watching I appreciate it.
Awesome video. Did you make the series cables? Love how one end is positive with red and the other end is black for negative!
This is a life saving video thanks brother.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you for the video! Just to clarify, I have a MinnKota Precision 3 bank on board charger, can i leave it hooked up to all three batteries (24v trolling motor batteries plus cranking battery) to charge? Or Do I need to alter my charging procedure since the 2 deep cycles are wired to create 24vt system? Thank you
Thanks for watching.. absolutely you can leave them hooked up for that charger.. each bank is still 12v only thing hooked up 24 is the trolling motor.. let me know if you have any questions anytime..
When making 3 12v batteries 36v would I still hook up my three bank battery charger as if they weren’t all connected meaning hook positive to negative from battery charger to each individual battery
Got the answer from one of your other videos. Thanks.
So you can hook your charger up just like you would for the trolling motor on a 24v system right?
The battery charger gets hooked up one bank for each battery.. so on a 24v system with a 2 bank battery charger each battery would get hooked up 12v for the charger and then the trolling motor would get hooked up 24v let me know if you have any questions.. hopefully that makes sense and helps
Do they sell just 24 volt buy itself I can’t find it anywhere
There are 24 and 36 volt single batteries but they are only in lithium and very expensive and require a charger for lithium batteries. Thanks for watching and commenting
The foot pedal on my OMC trolling motor has a 12/24 toggle switch with two red and two black wires coming from battery compartment.. To set motor to 24 volt, do I connect batteries in parallel and switch toggle to 24 volt...or connect in series and set toggle to 24 volt?
Or do I connect batteries independently, i.e., one red and one black cable to each battery?
I didn't know I didn't know until my batteries started smoking.Thanks for the lesson
Thanks .. I’m glad the video was helpful.. thanks for watching
I got another question I hope you can help me with. With a combiner switch 6011 from house to starting battery with about 20 feet between batteries is it wise to fuse at start of house battery to switch and one off of switch to fuse block? Using 8awg wire running just a few things what size breaker would you recommend for this setup? Just confused if I should use two and if there will be issues if I ever need to jump start with having the breaker be too small. Just want to do it right if my starter dies. Thanks brother.
So all the fuses should be off the output/common of the switch..either at the Distribution block or in line no need to have them at the battery.. just each power wire going to each device.. you can have a 20 amp breaker or fuse on the one going to your main boat power.. (the one that powers your dash) .. let me know if you have any questions about anything.. thanks for watching the channel..
@@ReelLifeFisherman this is how I was goin to do it. I'll stick to it this way and abandon the combiner. Not confident that I can wire that to house and not trip my house breaker..thanks for response bro!
OK you’ve kind of explained it except one other addition I want to be sure of. I have two batteries they both go to a Perko switch. Then I can have battery one to my 12 V system battery two to my 12 v system or both 12 V batteries to the 12 V system. Am I still safe making a connection from one negative post on one battery to the positive post on the other battery so I can hook up a 24 V trolling motor as you showed? Selecting the Perko switch and all three positions of 1 to 10 duel will not short out after I have run that lead from the positive battery terminal on one to the negative terminal on to?
No trolling motor batteries should remain separate from cranking or house batteries.. you can wire it where position 2 is hooked to only one of your trolling motor batteries.. but that is only for emergencies and not to be used as a house battery.. hopefully that makes sense.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman kinda makes sense.... so I need three batteries if I am to keep a cranking battery and I have a 24v motor mount electric outdrive plan. Is there a schematic anywhere available to show this, or should I just eliminate the perko all together
Chris Jones personally in my boat I have 4 batteries.. 2 trolling motor and one cranking and one deep cycle house battery.. if you don’t have room for that.. and want to have a backup battery in a emergency you can hook to one trolling motor battery on position 2 on the switch.. or just use jumper cables and hook them in parallel.. it works too.. don’t know but I’m sure somewhere they have a schematic...
Reel Life Fisherman super helpful. Subscribed and waiting for all your upcoming content
Awesome! Thanks for subscribing! I really appreciate it! Let me know if if you ever have any questions.. I always try to get back to you as soon as I can .. and help the best I can over the internet..
Thank you I learn a lot from your videos
When you do parallel for a 12 volt trolling motor do you put motor leads on one battery or neg on one and pos on other
Yes it’s best to make the jumper wires positive to positive and negative to negative.. then hook the trolling motor to one battery positive and the other battery negative.. so it will have the best chance to drain both batteries exactly the same.. thanks for watching and for the question..
@@ReelLifeFisherman If I set this up, how do I charge the two batteries? Is it as simple as putting the charger on one battery, charge that battery, then put the charger on the other battery and charge it? Or do I just put the charger on one battery and that will charge them both, or maybe I put the chargers pos on one battery and the charger neg on the other battery to charge it? thanks
Thank you for the great vid J, always very informative
Thanks Mario I appreciate it! Glad you like the channel.. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Anytime J keep up the great vids, I’ve learned a lot from you from watching your vids, so thank you!
The simplest and easiest video I’ve seen on wiring a 36 volt trolling motor. Thanks bud I always second guess myself. Just became a new subscriber.
is there a way to hook those batteries up to the alternator as well as the crank battery? If not, how long do they usually last for a 24v trolling motor?
You can look into a minn kota Alternator charger .. it will help put a charge to your trolling motor batteries while running your main motor.. if it puts out the correct amount of charge.. smaller motors won’t.. thanks for watching
Thankful for all the others you just Helped out, , Short and you explained it well. What TH-cam videos ought to be.
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Dead simple! Nicely done!